Deerhunter to play Ottobar show in March behind new album

Indie rock stalwarts Deerhunter have created a “science fiction album about the present,” and I am here for it.

Due out Jan. 18 on 4AD, “Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?” will be the band’s eighth album and first since 2015’s “Fading Frontier.”

The first single, “Death in Midsummer,” was released today, and its waltzing pace, coupled with the band’s new press photo in which all the members are donning cowboy hats, suggests a sort of ethereal, rock-tinged alt-country approach to Deerhunter’s ever-evolving sound.

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But here’s the most important thing for you, Baltimore: The band is playing a March 3 show at Ottobar; it’s worth noting the date is sandwiched between two shows at larger venues, the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. and Mr. Smalls Theatre outside Pittsburgh.

Brandon Weigel is the managing editor of Baltimore Fishbowl. A graduate of the University of Maryland, he has been published in The Washington Post, The Sun, Baltimore Magazine, Urbanite, The Baltimore Business Journal, b and others. Prior to joining Baltimore Fishbowl, he was an editor at City Paper from 2012 to 2017. He can be reached at [email protected]